Insulator



(No Model.)

BPELQUBET.

INSULATOR.

N0. 554.723. f Patented Feb; 18, 1896.

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. ESTEN PELOUBET, OF ALEXANDER, ARKANSAS.

INSULATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 554,723, dated February 18, 1896.

Application led November l, 1895 Serial No. 567,618. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ESTEN PELoUBET, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alexander, in the county of Pulaski and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Insulators; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in insulators for telegraph and telephone lines and other uses, and has for its objects, among others, to provide a simple, cheap, and durable insulator, not liable to be broken, and in which lthe parts shallbe protected from snow, ice, and the like.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved insulator with the cap lifted. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken in line with the insulators. y

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the base, preferably of cast-iron, having two substantially parallel openings a therethrough, said openings each having a slot a communicating therewith and through which the line-wire may be inserted. Into this opening, which is provided with the communicating slot, are inserted the semicircular glass cylinders B, while in the other opening are inserted the glass spools or cylinders C. In practice the line -wire D is inserted into this opening through the slot above mentioned and then the semicircular glass plates are placed in position to retain the line-wire. The cylinders in the other opening are placed in position and the tie-wire E passed therethrough v and made fast about the line-wire in the usual manner. The base is provided with a screw-threaded opening A to receive the pins in use on all lines, and by which means the insulator will be supported upon the post.

F is a cap, preferably of galvanized iron, secured upon the top of the base by means of a bolt and nut G, and this cap projects down so as to cover the slot in the opening, the iiange of the cap being cut away, as seen at g, upon opposite sides opposite the openings of the base. This cap serves to protect the insulators as well as the base and to exclude the ice and snow and rain.

Modifications in detail may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

What I claim as new is l. An insulator, comprising a base of metal with openings therethrough, one of which has a communicating slot and glass insulators in said openings, substantially as and for the purposes specied.

2. An insulator, comprising abase of metal with openings therethrough, one of which has a communicating slot and glass insulators in said openings, the insulators in one of the openings being formed in semicircular sections, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. An insulator, comprising a base with openings therethrough, one of which has a slot communicating therewith, glass insulators in said openi-ngs and a cap secured on the top of said base, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

4. An insulator, comprising a base with openings therethrough, one of which has a slot communicating therewith, glass insulators in said openings and a cap secured on the top of said base, said cap having a depending iiange cut away upon opposite sides opposite said openings, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ESTEN PELOUBET.

IVitnesses WILLIAM PHILLIPS, FRED PELOUBET. 

